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Here and There on the Turf Salutary Fair Grounds Rules Some Hope for Duettiste Rigorous Rules for Riders One Striking Contrast Another track rule has been promulgated at the Fair Grounds that has to do with the scratching of horses This latest rule limits each field to fourteen horses but hereafter there will be no also eligible list Formerly with such a list there could be considerable scratching to keep the field of the required size merely by moving up those on the list Now there will be only fourteen horses carded no matter how many are entered and scratch ¬ ing will not be allowed below eight horses To have a horse excused from starting below that number the consent of the stewards must be obtained and it is also provided that any horse excused for sickness or lameness will not be eligible for entry for six racing days This provision of the rule will have a deter ¬ rent effect on the practice of having horses excused by false representation of condition or for trivial reasons It is not well to have racing cumbered with a lot of intricate rules but this new regulation appears to be a good one and might be of real value on other tracks than the Fair Grounds Joseph E WidencrV Duettiste has had his first race since he went wrong last spring while preparing for the Liverpool Grand Na ¬ tional There may be some disappointment in the fact that he finished unplaced but it is of vastly more importance that Escott has brought him to a condition that made his starting possible Reports of the race are that he showed scant speed and that when he was well beaten he was not persevered with There never has been any doubt of the speed of the big son of Ethclbert and there is cause for congratulations that Escott at this time has his legs in a condition that enables him to stand up over the course courseWhen When Duettiste is tightened up as he will be before the running of the Liverpool Grand National it will be found that he will not be lacking in speed Few horses racing through the field arc better supplied with speed and there should be no disappointment that he was beaten at Manchester on Tuesday but rather congratulation that he has been galloping well enough to make his starting possible The race should do him a great deal of good and bar ¬ ring accidents it appears now as though Mr Widener will yet see his sterling old jumper race in the greatest of all the crosscountry j The British National Hunt stewards have let it be known that they will not tolerate bet ¬ ting on horses by jockeys and they have also promulgated a strict rule prohibiting a jockey from having any interest in a horse This extends to anyone acting as a part owner with a jockey or a trainer who trains a horse so owned The penalty is forfeiture of his license It will be remembered by many that at one time one of the foremost of the gentleman riders of his day in this country was given the alternative of quitting the saddle or quit ¬ ting his betting He quit the saddle saddleThe The stewards cannot be too careful and they cannot be too strict in the enforcement of rules prohibiting riders from betting No mat ¬ ter how honest the rider may be betting must not be permitted them either on the flat or through the field Apart from the chances and temptations for fraud it is de ¬ cidedly unhealthy for the sport and it at all times leaves the way open for charges which whether well founded or not are a decided detriment to racing Much has already been written about the success of the 1922 racing season but it is interesting looking back twenty years to see that in 1902 the late Green B Morris topped the list of winning owners with a total of 92120 a lesser amount than any one of the first ten owners of 1922 earned Eight of the first ten winners of 1922 won in excess of 130000 while the two leading stables the Rancocas Stable and that of Harry Payne Whitney were considerably in excess of 200 000 Both Pillory the leading moneywinning horse and Sallys Alley with their 95654 and 94847 exceeded the Morris total of 1902 In 1902 a threeyearold headed the list as was the case last year Twenty years ago it was Major Daingerfield with 57685 to his credit and Savable like Salleys Alle3 win ¬ ner of the Futurity was second with a total of 46100 This put Major Daingerfield the winner of just 10 more than Morvich and Morvichs solitary victory was in the Ken ¬ tucky Derby DerbyTruly Truly the American turf has grown in twenty years
